Trad Climbing the Spectacular Final Pitch of Handcracker Direct
11 Video Views·Dec 22, 2024
... and this is what all that scrambling & garbage collecting was for.
The wonderful final pitch of Handcracker Direct (for real)! A solid hand crack into a very exposed face at the top. I'm not sure I can say much else then what is already presented in the video.
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I assume that rock's not going anywhere, which I highly doubt it will. It should be fine.
I'll get something in.
Yeah, that was worth all the scrambling.
Now I just gotta figure out where the f*** I'm going, which I haven't had a good track
record of today. I can't protect anything. That's awesome.
I can probably jam something in the porches on the other side of my harness.
Right hand's a little preoccupied.
Don't grab that. All right.
totally doing this without a guidebook. Mountain project has been of little help.
Simply no idea where I'm going. This looks top-ish,
but hey, this is traditional climbing, so maybe that's just the way it goes.
That'll be nice. Ta-da.
Well, this being the case, all right, let's hope I have enough gear to do it.
Let's hope I have enough battery life to film this. If I find out it dies in the middle of it,
be up towards this side because I'm getting slack. Hey, Josh, off belay!
Okay. I like how he acknowledges. That's good. It's a good habit to get into.
I do think I'm gonna put a directional in, just feed slack. Do I have a spear locker? I
absolutely do. Oh, I'm sorry. Belay from the hip is what I meant to say. Here it is.